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		<title>Aesthetics throughout History</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great civilizations of history – Mesopotamian, Persian, Chinese, Indian, Roman, Egyptian and Greek – were all centres of unique styles of art and design that contributed towards the modern understanding of art, and the contemporary theory of aesthetic philosophy. One can watch the interpretation of fluid aesthetic through time through the artistic representation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Aesthetics?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aesthetics is the philosophical branch of inquiry concerned with beauty, art and perception. From its philosophic roots in ancient Greece, where thinkers like Socrates and Plato considered the inherent meaning and beauty of things, aesthetics is also used to refer to the critique of art and design. The word – aesthetics – derives from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Philosophy of Aesthetics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A philosophy of aesthetics can be drawn back to the early work of Plato – in which the classic Greek thinker supposed that all things of sensory beauty are imitations of the perfect form of their objectivity. In this view, each thing that belongs to a category – for example, the category of flower – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aesthetics in Culture</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different aesthetic values are found in varied cultures around the world that have been nurtured by diverse natural environments, cultural norms and moral foundations. In India, aesthetic value has evolved through interpretation and representation of spiritual and religious iconography. In India, art and relationships between the physical and the spiritual states are manifested in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the purpose of art?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art is entwined with magic and religion, power and passion. It is hitched to history, engaging with burning issues; shaping and shaped by historical trends and happenings. It has also had political uses, as in Soviet constructivist art, aimed at reinforcing and glorifying communism. The Surrealists thought of themselves as revolutionaries. Feminist artists have challenged [...]]]></description>
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